IT firm expects move to slash costs and complexity and put its technology in reach of more modest transport operations
March 12, 2013
Transport IT firm TransLogix has taken to the cloud its flagship Sapphire transport management system (TMS).
TransLogix describes the move into cloud-based operations as one that will “radically” reduce adoption barriers, and allow “existing and new customers to slash costs and boost productivity”.
The company expect this to allow Sapphire to be considered by small and mid-sized transport companies that had found it out of reach due to cost and complexity of implementation.
Sapphire delivered in the company’s WiseCloud is the result of a six month development project which was initiated shortly after WiseTech Global acquired TransLogix last July.
TransLogix says offering Sapphire as a cloud-based SaaS product removes virtually all the upfront costs associated with adopting the software, making it far easier to deploy and reducing the running costs to a minimum.
“We have more than three years’ production experience providing customers with our software products through WiseCloud, so making this investment in Sapphire is an entirely natural progression following our acquisition of TransLogix,” WiseTech Global CEO Richard White says.
“We have a deep understanding of how to deliver software in the cloud and have all the required hardware, infrastructure and support services to ensure our customers have great outcomes.
“We provide free training, 24×7 support and a global disaster recovery capability spread across data centres on three continents. There are many thousands of logistics companies around the world already using WiseCloud, and 98 per cent of new customers choose it over traditional platform delivery.”
